September 2025

Visual Essay

Charting the Economy: Second Quarter of 2025

Real GDP increased 3.8 percent in the second quarter of 2025, primarily reflecting a decrease in imports and an increase in consumer spending.

September 30, 2025

Updated Summary of NIPA Methodologies

BEA recently improved its estimates of current-dollar GDP, current-dollar GDI, and real GDP as part of the 2025 annual update of the National Economic Accounts, which includes the National Income and Product Accounts. The sources of data and the methodologies that are now used to prepare the NIPA estimates are summarized in this report.

September 30, 2025

 


Infographic

Infographic: Arts and Culture
September 19, 2025

 


Visual Essay

Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises in 2023

Statistics on value added and employment and expenditures on property, plant, and equipment and research and development.

September 19, 2025

Visual Essay

Direct Investment by Country and Industry for 2024

Growth in the outward investment position increased $206.3 billion in 2024 to $6.83 trillion, up 3.1 percent from 2023. The inward investment position increased $332.1 billion to $5.71 trillion, up 6.2 percent.

September 4, 2025